Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Ezr 2:1-2Neh 10:2-8Neh 12:12-211Ch 3:17-19Ezr 3:8Ezr 4:2Ezr 5:2Hag 1:1 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, Luk 1:5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 1Ch 9:10Neh 11:10 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua. 1Ch 24:18Ezr 3:2Hag 1:1Neh 12:1Zec 3:1
Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving songs, he and his brothers. Neh 11:17Neh 12:241Ch 9:33Neh 10:9-13Neh 11:22Neh 7:48Neh 9:4 Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices. Neh 12:24Psa 134:1-3 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada, 1Ch 6:3-15Neh 12:26Neh 13:28Neh 13:4Neh 13:7Neh 3:1 and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 1Ch 15:121Ch 24:6-311Ch 9:33-34Neh 12:22 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian. Neh 12:10-13 The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 1Ch 9:14-44 The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section. 1Ch 25:1-261Ch 23:1-321Ki 17:242Ch 8:14Deu 33:1Ezr 2:40Ezr 3:10-11Jos 14:6 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates. 1Ch 23:321Ch 26:121Ch 26:151Ch 9:14-17Isa 21:8Neh 11:17-19Neh 12:8-9 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe. Neh 8:9Ezr 7:11Ezr 7:6
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps. 1Ch 15:161Ch 15:282Ch 29:302Ch 5:13Deu 20:51Ch 15:121Ch 15:41Ch 13:8 The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites; 1Ch 9:161Ch 2:54Neh 6:2 also from Beth Gilgal and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem. 1Ch 6:60Deu 11:30Ezr 2:24Jos 10:43Jos 21:17Jos 5:9Neh 11:31 The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall. 2Ch 29:5Exo 19:10Ezr 6:21Job 1:52Ch 29:34Exo 19:15Gen 35:2Heb 5:1
Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate; Neh 2:13Neh 12:381Ch 13:11Ch 28:12Ch 5:2Neh 12:40Neh 3:13-14 and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah, and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, Neh 10:2-7 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph; Jos 6:4Num 10:2-101Ch 25:21Ch 26:10-111Ch 6:39-432Ch 13:122Ch 5:12Neh 11:17 and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them. Neh 12:241Ch 23:52Ch 8:14Amo 6:5Ezr 7:1Ezr 8:1 By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward. Neh 2:14Neh 3:26Neh 8:1Neh 8:16Neh 8:32Sa 5:7-9Neh 3:15-16
The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people on the wall above the tower of the furnaces, even to the wide wall, Neh 3:8Neh 3:11Neh 12:31 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate; and they stood still in the gate of the guard. Neh 3:1Neh 3:3Neh 3:6Neh 8:16Neh 3:252Ki 14:13Jer 31:38Jer 32:2 So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood, and I and the half of the rulers with me; Psa 42:4Neh 12:31-32Psa 134:1-3Psa 47:6-9 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. Psa 81:1Isa 12:5-6Neh 11:14Psa 100:1-2Psa 95:1Psa 98:4-9 They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away. Ezr 3:13Psa 92:4Jer 31:13Psa 148:11-131Ch 29:21-221Sa 4:52Ch 20:132Ch 20:27
On that day, men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them according to the fields of the cities the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who served. Neh 10:37-39Neh 13:12-132Ch 31:11-131Ch 23:281Ch 26:21-261Ch 9:262Ch 13:11-122Ch 5:11-12 They performed the duty of their God and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son. 1Ch 25:1-261Ch 23:282Ch 23:6 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. 2Ch 29:301Ch 25:1-31Psa 73:1Psa 83:1 All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron. 2Ch 31:5-6Gal 6:6Mal 3:8-10Neh 10:35-39Neh 11:23Neh 12:1Neh 12:12Neh 12:26